American Library

Association

Banned Books Week

September 24, 2011through

October 1, 2011

Nazi students seize books Berlin 1933

Boston police with a haul of 'subversive' literature, 1940s

'Ban the Beatles' campaign, 1966

Knowledge Breaks the Chains of Slavery, Russia, 1920

Burning of books after revolution, Ch’in Dynasty

The seal of the Society for the Suppression of Vice founded in 1873

La Liberte de la Presse, Paris, 1797

Wartburg Festival, 1817

The burning of the library in Alexandria Egypt, 47 BC

War of 1812, Washington, DC

American Library

Association

Banned Books Week

September 24, 2011through

October 1, 2011

Constitution of the United States

First Congress, 1789

Bill of Rights

1st Amendment

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

14th Amendment, Section 1

All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

American Library

Association

Banned Books Week

September 24, 2011through

October 1, 2011

First edition published in London in 1884 and New York in 1885

American Library

Association

Banned Books Week Poster,

2011

“Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home.”

― Anna Quindlen

“Reading is not just a thing, it’s a passion. Reading brings joy and happiness to people.”

― Quentin Wheeler

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”

― Marcus Tullius Cicero

“A book will always make you want to come back to find out what happens next.”

― Juan Suhr

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.”

― Groucho Marx

“Many people may read the same book, but no two people will interpret it the same way. When I read I take the picture that the author paints and make it into how I want to see it.”

― Alissa Dobrinsky

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”

― Oscar Wilde

“Reading takes me to places I’ve never been and lets me discover new things.”

― Kaori Torres

“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.”

― Paul Sweeney

“I read because I think it is entertaining. It benefits my writing, and also there is nothing better than relaxing by the pool and reading your favorite book.”

― Tianna Schiappa Pietra

“Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.”

― Cornelia Funke

“A life without expression, creativity, and inspiration is a life without books.”

― Christi Birdsong

“A house without books is like a room without windows.”

― Horace Mann

“Reading a book can entertain you when you are bored.”

― Christopher Montoya

“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”

― Groucho Marx

“The description of characters and the settings in books draw pictures in your imagination where you fill in the details and make the story your own.”

― Kevin Chardavoyne

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

― Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Sometimes I read because I want to somehow escape daily hassles and slip into another world.”

― Paula Gutierrez

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.”

― James Baldwin

“Reading feels like watching a movie or being on a rollercoaster waiting for the best part to come. When it is finished, it makes you want to watch or ride again.”

― Yves Esslinger

“What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore it knows it's not fooling a soul.”

― Neil Gaiman

“Reading makes me feel free. It takes you to the future, to the past, it may even take you to another dimension! Reading is the best way to make your imagination run wild.”

― Michael Eschmann

“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”

― Madeleine L'Engle

“I read because reading is essential in life. By learning different lessons from different books you can become a better person.”

― David Overholt

“For my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”

― Jane Austen

“Not being able to read something I am deeply fascinated in is like being in a mental prison.”

― Sami Khatib

“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”

― Lemony Snicket

PTS Reading Survey Results

Top 10 Books Read

1. Harry Potter Series2. Fahrenheit 4513. Narnia Chronicles4. A Wrinkle in Time5. Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl6. The Golden Compass7. Kite Runner8. Adventures of Tom Sawyer9. The Great Gatsby10.Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

PTS Reading Survey Results

Top Books Read by CategoryCategory Book Title % of Submitters

Classics Adventures of Tom Sawyer 23%

General Fiction Kite Runner 24%

Biography & Memoir Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl 30%

Fantasy, Horror, & Science Fiction

Harry Potter series 56%

Children’s Books James and the Giant Peach 11%

6th20%

7th12%

8th10%9th

20%

10th14%

11th6%

12th19%

Percentage of Survey Submissions by Grade

Bake sale winners: 6th and 9th grades

Music Credits

“Freedom” by Paul McCartney

“Redemption Song” by Bob Marley

Special thanks to:

Susanna Coates, Ruthanne Vogel, Adrianna Truby, Catie

Cunning, Emily Rolling, Katherine Jones, Graham Andrew, and Brian Diaz